Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-27
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made net. One put up clA uhu luo
other staked his watch against the sum.
A stranger was asked to hold the stakes.
The citizen, however, neglected to hold
the stranger, who got safely away with
both watch and money.
Pascal Porter. the Indiana "boy
preacher" is only eleven years OF age
and rather dull looking. He is a plain
country boy, with little or no education,
vet in his lectures and sermons he uses
language equal to that of the most cul-
tured orators of the day. He displays a
wonderful knowledge of the Scriptures
and uses sound logic.
Cyrus Deforest, a farmer at North
Wilton, Conn, has a novel birthday
party and gift annually. A swarm OF
bees at this time enter the house in a
very mysterious manner, and take pos
session of the space between the ceiling
and floor. Last year he reaped harvest
of seyenty-six pounds Of honey and tins
year seventy-four. The bees arc killed
each year, but a new swarm returns the
next season.
Thomas Beasley, the biggest man in
Todd county, Ky, is dead. He was
about forty-seven years Of age and
weighed, when in good health, 4S5
pounds. He was a successful farmer,
generous and social in his nature. 1t re-
quired a strong buggy and two horses to
carry him about, but he was sufficiently
active to get in and out OF his buggy,
and he was very sensitive to the gaze OF
the curious.
A needy knife. grinder of Brooklyn has
discarded his wheel and frame, which he
carried on his back, and thrown away
his jangling bell. He now drives a we'll
fed but Informed horse to a gaudy
wagon, and plants the United States flag
at the peak of his vehicle. Within are
grinding wheels of various sizes, and at
the grinders right hand hangs a bugle
with which he proclaims his coming to
the world Of housewives. He believes
his outfit unique, and says his profits
have increased since he has risen to the
dignity Of horse and wagon. His bugle,
too. attracts more heads to the windows
than did his feeble bell.
A young Australian near Bochara,
after an unusually hard days work
sheep shearing, went to sleep on the
sitting-room couch after supper. Soon
he arose, walked out into the darkness,
went through four gates, which he care
fully closed, TO the woodshed, and then
hung up his coat and took down his
sheep shears and sharpened them. Then
he caught sheep and had just finished
shearing it when some Of the household
came with lantern. Then Il turned
out that he had been asleep all the time,
and the light OF the lantern awakened
him. The sheep was sheared as well as
though it had been done in broad day
light.
Rev. G. E. Cline states that three
years ago the parsonage at Emmetsburg,
Ia, was struck by lightning, and he was
hit in the breast by large piece Of plas-
tering knocked from the ceiling. In
stantly after being struck he saw
"great multitude of the most beautiful
children running toward him and waving
their hands and shouting greetings of
Joy" He felt no pain whatever, and
wondered where he WAS. Soon he came
TO himself and found his wife and chill
dren weeping over him, thinking that he
was dead. He was not seriously hurt.
He says that he shall 60 down 10 his
grave believing that on that night he
entered Heaven.
Out in Arizona the wife OF General
Crook is spoken OF as public benefac-
tor. While travelling across the Terri
tory two years ago she threw a handful
OF water crosses out OF the car window
and they fell into brook which the rail
road followed. The current carried them
into q soft, marshy place, whore they at
once took root and grew. Eyentu-
ally they spread along the banks of
the stream and reached ont even TO those
of that in which it now empties. II ru-
NOR be true the water ress now grows
in luxuriance throughout the entire Ter
ritory, and the settlers thereabouts have
learned to love it as well as an English
man does his breakfast chop. The finest
specimen is called the Crook cress, in
compliment to the lady who is RESPONSE
bic for its introduction.
A Boston man has a twin brother
living IN the West who looks very much
like him. The other morning the Bos-
ton twin, after being shaved, went homo
and found there his brother, who had
Just come East. The western twin need
ed shaving badly and was directed 10
the barber-shop. He entered and seated
himself, but the barber paid no attention
TO him. "What's the matter with you 2"
said the western twin after waiting long
enough. "Why don't you shave me?"
"Why, I've just shaved you," said the
barber. "Much you did, said the
twin. "Look at my face" The barber
looked at the big black beard of weeks
growth, felt of it to assure himself that
his eyes were not deceiving him, aud
burst out eff you can raise beard
like that in twenty minutes you'd better
go into the mattress business"
AtEdison, Pennsylvania, a large hawk,
which had been trying in vain to capture
some of Simon Clay's poultry, becoming
desperately hungry, swooped down on a
large Maltese cat and started away with
it. The cat fought 50 vahantly that the
bird was glad to drop it. The hawk,
however, did not give up the fight It
caught the cat before it reached
the ground. But this second cap
ture was bad for the hawk. He
grabbed the cat near the tail
and hardly recovered himself sufficiently
to begin his upward fight when the cat,
filed with fury, twisted around and /
reached for the hawk with her paws.
She caught the big birds throat in her
teeth and set the claws Of her fore feet /
deep in the feathers of his neck. The |
hawk struggled III vain. When the two I.
came to the earth the big bird breathed /
its last, while the cat sat compacently /
down and licked its own wounds, mean /
while cycling its vanquished foe with an .
air Of supreme satisfaction.
The longest street railway in the world |
will be that with which it is proposed to |
connect number of towns near Buenos /
Ayres, South America, and which will |
have total length Of 900 miles. Tho |
road will also be exceptional in that !
will be run upon il for the |
comfort OF passengers. Horses will be |